Corliss Slack's research and writing focuses on the Crusades, the Latin
Kingdom of Jerusalem and twelfth-century church reform. Slack has
presented the results of her research at medieval studies conferences
and has published in scholarly journals in her field. In 1994 her research
was supported by a grant from the Graves Foundation. Her contributions
to our department and to Whitworth University were formally recognized in
1991 when she received the first-ever Dean's Award for Junior Faculty
Achievement. Slack teaches European history and a seminar on the Crusades.
She also offers courses on a variety of European topics, including medieval
Russia and recent scholarship on gender, race and class in western European
society. Her Crusades class looks at both sides of the conflict, using
Muslim sources.